Ages ago the red dragon was living peacefully on the British Isles.

很久以前，红龙平静地在列颠岛上生活着。

Once upon a time, not too long ago, November 9, to be precise.

很久以前，确切地说是11月9日。

You'd better get this mess cleaned up before Daddy sees it.

你最好在爹地看到以前把这里弄干净.

So, it means that lots of people are leaving more quickly than before.

所以，这意味着许多人比以前更快地离开。

Author Dickens took a fame like a duck to water, working harder than ever.

成名之后，狄更斯愈发拾，他比以前更加卖力地工作。

The wind, though as strong as ever, was forgetting to roar.

风虽然仍旧和以前一样地强劲，却忘记了吼叫。

So good luck lifting that laptop on your lap as easily as before.

如果运气好，你的双还以像以前一样，轻易地提起放在上的笔记本电脑。

I used to be able to run my house and shop easily.

我以前能够很容易地支付我的房子和购物费用。

Scrimgeour looked annoyed but, as before, hastily modified his expression to one of sorrowful understanding.

斯克林杰似乎有些恼火，但他像以前一样，迅速地把面部表情调整为忧伤和理解。

There was simply more of it, and even less justly divided than before.

它只是越来越多，甚至比以前更公正地划分。

I walked to the car, pausing shyly before opening the door and stepping in.

我走向车子，在开门上车以前羞涩地停住了。

But we're going to analyze this in much more detail than we did before.

但我们将比以前更详细地分析这一点。

One is that more Britons are going to university and ever-more live in short-term, rented accommodation.

第一，越来越多的英国人进入大学，相较于以前更多地住在短期租赁的住所。

You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?

你以为在有大麻烦的时候我们就会比以前更加清楚地回忆起他们来吗?

Fortunately, feminists long ago succeeded in placing the woman's experience at the heart of the matter.

幸运的是，女权主义者很久以前就成功地将女性的经验置于问题的核心。

I shut the door behind me, trying to think clearly through the terror that gripped my brain.

我关上身后的门，试图赶在恐惧控制我的头脑以前仔细地把事情考虑一遍。

And because he was so miserable, he thought about the old stories of Narnia far more than before.

因为他如此痛苦，古老纳尼亚的故事反而比以前更为频繁地出现在他的脑海中。

The second thing is that, you know, maybe the Xers were wrong about how damaged their fields are.

第二个原因是，也许以前的人错误地估计了油田的损坏程度。

In the meantime, the new data has enabled it to find out about crashes much faster than before.

此同时，新的数据使它能够比以前更快地发现撞车事故。

From coffee machines… phones, computers, sweaters… They all tear or break or explode way sooner than they used to.

咖啡机、电话、电脑、毛衣… … 它们都比以前更快地撕裂、破裂或爆炸。